By Lisa Bonnema I’ll Send You off with a Million Prayers
I think one of the hardest things about launching your big kids is wondering what baggage they will take with…
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By Connie Cumming My Toxic Father Does Not Define Me
I don’t have a father, and it’s completely fine. It really, really is. It’s taken me 40 years to say…
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It’s Her Time To Fly
Memory ghosts dance in the periphery of my mind. Even though three weeks have passed since I dropped her off—my…
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Being a Mom of Grown Children Is Beautiful Too
I have always been one of those people who want to do something: take a class in documentary filmmaking, make…
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God Gave Me Babies Who Grew Up
Tapping the “off” button on my iPhone, I ended the FaceTime with my daughter. Smiling to myself, I reflected on…
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By Jenni Brennan I Do for My Kids What My Parents Didn’t Do for Me
Sometimes I get mad when I rearrange my work schedule so I can make it to my son’s high school…
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By Leslie Means My Mom Delivers a Favorite Dish to My Family Every Month and it’s the Best Christmas Gift Ever
For Christmas, Mom and Dad gave each of my sisters and me a note with a pan of frozen lasagna.…
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A Mother/Daughter Bond Should Be Unbreakable, but Sometimes It Isn’t
It’s OK to grieve your absent parents while they’re still alive. I see so many articles or well-meaning posts from…
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By Shannon Sellers We’re Learning to Be Just the Two of Us (And It’s Fun!)
My husband and I have been married for 23 years and we have never spontaneously gone four hours away to…
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By Susan Lambert Mothering a Little Boy Seems Like it Will Go On Forever—Until it Doesn’t
I walked with a determined gait through the airport doors after I hugged my adult son goodbye. My tenacious walk…
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Walking Mother Home
I call my sister for another update on Mom. Last week had been my week to help out. Our mother…
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By Abby Chase Where Is the Instruction Manual for Parenting Grown Children?
You know what’s really hard? Parenting. You know what’s even harder? Parenting a child who isn’t a child anymore. My…
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